Locomotive and locomotive-tender.



C. L. HEISLER. LOCOMOTIVE AND Locononvi IENDER. APPLICATION FILED It" 2 "l5 Patented June 13, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. HEISLER, OFSCHENECTADY, NEW YORK.

LOCOMOTIVE AND LOCOMOTI'vE-TENDER.

Application filed September 8, 1915.

7'0 all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, Cnaumzs L. lIaisu-ai, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Schenectady, county of Schenectady, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locomotives and Locomotive-Tenders, of which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The object of the invention is to provide improved means, located in part on the lecomotive and in part on the tender, for moving the coal forward in the fuel bin of the tender; and one embodiment of the invention is fully hereinafter described and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fi are 1 is a detail central vertical section of a ocomotive and tender; Fig. 2 is a detail plan view thereof. some parts being removed; and Fig. 3 is a detail, in section, of the connection between a motor located on the locomotive and the coal pushing mechanism located on the tender.

A part of the frame of a locomotive 1s represented at 10; the back wall of its fire-box at 11; its fire-door opening at 12, and the lloor of its cab at 18.

A part of the frame of the tender is represented at 14, and at ll), 16 and 17 are shown, res cctively, the side wall the rear inclined wall, and the bottom of the fuel bin. The fuel bin is provided with a supplemental floor extendin forwardly from the lower portion of its inclined wall 16, the rearward sectionslS of this floor hein preferably carved from rear to front, an its forward section 19 constituting the horizontal shovelin floor or plate. and is preferably substantidlly on a line with the bottom of the firing door opening 12 of the locomotive.

Fuel pushing elements are provided for advancing the fuel to the shoveling plat form, and comprise a plurality of pusher heads 20, 21, shown as two in number the one movable on the inclined wall 18 and the other over the curved floor section 18. The heads are connected together by means of rigid links 22, 23, preferably attached thereto at their ends. The front face, as 24, of each pusher head is abrupt, and its upper face, as 25, is inclined downwardly, the pusher, therefore, being substantially wedgeshaped in cross-section, its forward face forming an abutment for advancing the fuel,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1916.

Serial No. 48,833.

while its rearward portion is so shaped as to slide easily under the fuel as the pusher head is moved backwardly.

A motor 20, shown as of the reciprocating type, is mounted on suitable brackets sccured to the. locomotive frame 10, and its piston 27 is connected by means of a rod .28 with the forward pusher head 21, this connection bein Y hv means of a suitable bracket secured to tie head and extending through a longitudinal slot 29 in the floor section 18. The rod 28 is formed of two sections united by any suitable connection, such as the. union joint 30, thereby permitting the tender to he so arated from the locomotive.

n order to provide for lateral movement of the rod 28 incident to the movement of the pusher head 21 over the curved floor section 18, and also incident to the relative lateral movement of the locomotive and tender, the rod is connected with the piston 27 by means of a ball and socket joint 31. and the piston is provided with a sleeve 32 which asses through and reciprocates in the cylmder head 33, the sleeve being of greater diameter than the rod.

The motor 26 being located at a lower level than the floor of the tender, is inclined upwardly at its rear end, and when the construction of the tender is such as to render it necessary a channel, as represented at 34, is formed lll the forward portion of the tender tank 35 to accommodate the rod 28.

While the rear section 18 of the floor over which the forward pusher head travels is preferably curved, as shown, this form is not essential, it being important, however, that an incline leading up to the shoveling platform be provided over which the coal is pushed.

A plate 36, attached to the )ushcr head .31. covers the slot 29 to prevent ucl from drop ping therethrough, and this plate extending oth forwardly and backwardly from the pusher head the slot is always closed there- )y.

A steam pipe 87 leads to the motor 26. and is provided with a valve 38 located at any convenient point where it will be easy of access.

Various changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination a locomotive a tender having a fuel bin, means for advancing fuel forwardly over the floor of the tender, and a motor located upon the locomotive, and an operating connection between motor and coal-mlvancmg means.

2. In combination, a locomotive, a tender therefor having a fuel bin and a shoveling plate, a pusher for advancin fuel to the shoveling plate, a motor locate on the 1000-; motive, and operating connection between the motor and pusher.

3. In combination, a locomotive, a tender therefor having a fuel bin and a shoveling plate, a pusher for advancing fuel to the shoveling plate, and a motor located on the locomotive and having a vibrating iston rod, such rod being connected witi the pusher.

4. In combination; a locomotive, a tender therefor having a fuel bin and a shoveling plate, a pusher for advancing fuel to the shoveling plate, and a reciprocating motor located on the locomotive and having its piston and piston rod connected by a universal joint, such rod being connected with the pusher.

e. In combination, a locomotive, a tender therefor having a fuel bin, a pusher for advancing fuel to the shoveling platform of the bin, and a reciprocatin motor havin its piston provided with a tu ular stem sli able through a head of the motor and a piston rod connected with the piston b a universal joint and extending through t e stem, such rod being connected with the pusher.

6. In combination, a locomotive, a tender therefor having a fuel bin and a shoveling plate, a pusher for advancing fuel to the shoveling plate, a motor locate on the locomotive, and operative connection between the motor and pusher head the rod connecting the motor and pus ier being sectional, the sections being detachably united.

7. In combinatioma locomotive and tender (lupin at this patent may be obtained for in therefor, the tender having a fuel bin and an elevated shoveling platform at the forward end of the bin, a pusher reciprocable over the floor of the tender, a motor located on the locomotive and a rod connecting the motor and pusier and being located below the shovelin platform.

8. In com ination, a locomotive, a tender having a fuel bin, the bottom thereof being concave, and an elevated shoveling platform at the forward end of such bottom, a pusher reciprocable over the concave bottom, a motor located on the locomotive, and a rod connecting the motor piston with the pusher.

9. In combination, a locomotive, a tender having a fuel bin, the bottom thereof being concave, and an elevated shoveling platform at the forward end of such bottom, a pusher reeiprocable over the concave bottom, a motor located on the locomotive, and a rod connecting the motor piston with the pusher and being located below the shoveling platform.

10. In combination, a locomotive, a tender having an inclined back wall, a concave bottom and an elevated shoveling platform at the forward end of such bottom, a lpair of pusher heads reciprocable, respective y, over the inclined wall and bottom of the bin and being linked together, a motor on thc locomotive, and a rod connecting the motor piston with the pusher heads.

11. In combination, a locomotive having 'a floor and a fire-box provided with a firing door, a tender having a fuel bin and provided with a shoveling plate elevated above the locomotive floor, a usher for advancing fuel in the bin to tie shoveling plate, a motor located on the locomotive, and operative connection between the motor and the pusher.

CHARLES L. H EISLER.

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